Coconut oil is a controversial fat: is it good for you, or isn’t it? A main staple of some Asian and Pacific diets, coconut oil comes from coconuts themselves and, like olive oil, has several “grades” of purity, with the purest being virgin. Unlike olive oils, which each have their purpose, you should always select [...]
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Get Through That Funk with Natural Antidepressants
I come from a Nordic culture that really feels seasonal depression. When the weather cools, people get gloomy – it’s a cultural fact, and one that has to do with lessened sunlight. But what if you could combat some of that depression by adjusting your dietary intake and adding a couple of supplements? Well, you [...]
Oatmeal: Tasty, Convenient, and Very Healthy
Oatmeal is one of those foods that everyone probably grew up on. I know my parents made me eat it (or some variation of it) every day throughout my entire childhood. I abandoned oatmeal for about five years when I grew up and moved out, but I went back and now it’s a regular part [...]
The Many Health Benefits of Cherries
Cherries health benefits are remarkable. Cherries are good for many things – say, for eating, then competitively spitting out the pits, while you’re walking down the boulevard on a nice summer day. At least that’s what I used to do with them as a kid. But did you know that aside from the powerful doses [...]
Are Nuts Good For You?
It’s common knowledge nowadays that nuts have a high fat content. But shouldn’t you steer clear of high-fat foods? In the case of nuts like almonds, cashews, walnuts, as well as legumes like peanuts, the answer is don’t avoid them — embrace them. Nuts are nutrition bombs that offer a panoply of wonderful health benefits, [...]
Natural Ways to Help Alleviate Menopause Symptoms
Menopause pretty much inevitably affects half of the world’s population in some way. At the time a woman’s ovaries stop releasing eggs and levels of estrogen decrease,menopause symptoms are annoying at their best and debilitating at their worst – hot flashes, mood swings, weight gain, fluid retention, and about a zillion other irritating and confusing [...]
Herbal Halitosis Remedies: Curing Bad Breath Naturally
It’s dreadful to suffer from bad breath – you feel like your very words are offensive to those around you, and it lowers your self-confidence when you think that people don’t want to hear you because of it. Humans are social creatures, and if something is keeping us from communicating with those around us in [...]
Preventing Gingivitis Naturally – Herbs for Healthy Gums
We read so much about healthy teeth, taking care of teeth, whitening teeth, brushing, flossing, gargling, et cetera, that it’s very easy to think that’s all there is to oral hygiene. But we should also devote equal time to our gums; after all, they’re the home base for our teeth. You could say the gums [...]
Amaranth: The Carb for Weight-Loss and Complete Nutrition
Amaranth is a nutrient-rich ancient grain from Mexico that has three times the calcium of milk. Interested yet? You should be. But that’s not all. Amaranth is also gluten-free and an excellent food of choice for those who are on a diet and want to feel full and satisfied. Because of its great calorie-to-nutrient ratio, [...]
Food: The Surprising Way to Stay Cool as a Cucumber
Maybe you live, like I do, in a bustling metropolis that heats up in the summer. Maybe the asphalt sticks, the buildings block out any breeze, and the heat does not dissipate in the nighttime. Maybe you also suffer living in an old building with no air conditioning to speak of. Maybe you spend your [...]
Quinoa: the Golden Supercrop
If you’re concerned about your protein intake, and you want a tasty alternative to your stock carbohydrates like pasta and rice, it’s about time you add quinoa (pronounced keen-wa, from the Quechua language) to your protein nutrition. This pseudocereal is related to the beet and the tumbleweed (did you even know those two were related?), [...]
The Amazing Healing Powers of Black Cumin
The majority of the English-speaking world is missing out on this powerful medicine! Black cumin, from the plant Nigella sativa, is just starting to make the rounds in the Western world, but this potent healer has been well-known and respected as an all-around remedy in African and Islamic countries for millenia. Nigella sativa is native [...]
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